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FREDERICK E. HEINIG, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASS IGNOR TO DICK &CRAVESON, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED TOBACCO-MARKING STRIP AND TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,156, datedSeptember 12, 1882.

Application filed June 10, 1682. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. HEINIG, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedTag and 'lobac (:0 Strip; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figure-s of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 illustrates one form of my device, showing a plan view of thesame stuck upon a plug of tobacco, and also the division and prongslots. Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view of the same, showing theprongs by which the device is stuck upon the plug. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6illustrate other forms of my invention, showing each a different figure.

My invention is a combined tobacco plug and tag strip embracing thefollowing peculiar features: Narrow strips are cut or struck from thinsheets of suitable metal, so that illimitable forms and shapes shall beproduced solely by the slits cut into and by the slots cut or struck outof said strips; also, said slits and slots are cut at such regulardistances, respectively, apart that one respective series of slits shallhave their pointed ends bent into prods or prongs for sticking the stripupon the plug, and the other series of slots shall make suitabledesignative division-points by which to cut ofi equal cakes from theplug; and, finally,

said division-points are placed at such regular distances apart that thespaces between can be fittingly used for tags, while each uncut space ortag is held upon the plug by its respective pair of prongs, all of whichand their purposes are hereinafter more fully described,

and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, in which the same lettersdesignate identical parts of my device in the different figures,respectively.

The letter A represents the said strip; the letter 0, the saiddivision-slots; the letter d, the said prongs, and the letter B the saidtagspaces. The said strips are cut or struck from suitable sheets ofmetal, ofany desired width, by the same act which cuts the prong-slitsand the division-slots, thereby making the said stripsA and the tags Binto illimitable shapes and. forms, or as many as there can be devisedways of cutting said slits and slots. The said slits are cut so as tomake pointed slivers either in the edges or body of the strip, which,being bent as shown, form the corresponding pairs of prongs, d, betweeneach respective pair or division-slots 0, thereby to keep not only saidmarking-slots but each respective uncut tag B in place upon the plug Por upon each successively cut off cake of tobacco. The said strips Ashould be cut sntficiently wide to allow different figures, marks, or'nomenclatures to be imprinted, stamped, or embossed each upon thenatural or colored surface of a series of tags, B, or upon each such taga different figure, mark, or name.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined tobacco-marking strip and tag consisting of a thin metallicstrip, A, provided with a series of division-slots, c, and ofprong-slits d, substantially as and for the purposes herein specified. V

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK E. HEINIG.

Witnesses:

W. H. MATHEWS, D. B. MUSSELMAN.

